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To conclude with the new G rand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAIL .oit H. or, Theßoleno Seven Wonders of, th- World. Clowns, Messxt 4. and Pantaloons C. Lauri Barlequins, Messrs. J. Cormacit and S. Saville ; , Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. aLorris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunnies. Prices as usual. Box Office opcn from 10 till 5 daily. AOYAI, LYCEUM . THEATRE. Under the Sole Managemoa it of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant liuccess) will be repeated 2:very Evening during the Week. TIIIS EVENING, the performane a will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, More Misses Percy, Pauline Lery.lercl, Wood, Mrs. Lee, And Miss E. Lavenu. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEI, DEMONIO, a Love *story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle ," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messr.s. 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Vining. THIS EVENING, THE HONEYMOON. After which, HARLEQUI.N LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Know what to do. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT SUCCESS. EVERY EVENING, the HEN AND CHICKENS : Mrs. Stirling in her original character. Atter which, a Comical Conglomerative Christmas Absur dity, entitled 1863 ; or, TIIE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST 5 mASON, with a Shameful Revelation of Lad/ Somebody's F Aret. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Cottrell, kiss Fanny Josephs, .to wita the BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS : Mr. J. L. Toole. The celebrated Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS, Monday, January 11. N -, r_W THEATRE-110 PAL, ADELPIII.- .-4ole Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER: Mr. J. L. Toole. At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. 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Commence at 7. :11FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, asn be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Corning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon., 2h. 10m, gc.--wous.ow.-Morning, 211. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 58m, The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 9, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.85. Wind-B.E. ; fog, with thaw. iw t• C- m ft, ) %7,40 1 # 4 4 Uo LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1864. The happy news of this morning will take the country by surprise, but that surprise will be accompanied by one unanimous feeling of universal satisfaction. The young PRINCESS, whom but a few brief months back we welcomed so joy ously to our shores is now the happy mother of a fair son, the heir to the English Crown, and, better still, the inheritor of the loyal affections of many millions of honest hearts. As grandson and heir of our beloved and revered SOVEREIGN, the consCtutional and popular V.l.c• TORIA, as the first offspring of the happy union o the young Prince of WALES and his charming and amiable Princess, the unconscious infant, who has just drawn breath amid the stately precincts of Windsor Castle, is invested with a claim upon our s ympathies and upon our interest far exceeding any due to the regal parapharnalia which over shadows his " baby brow." Hence the spontaneous delight with which this auspicious event will be greeted throughout the whole length and breadth of the land, and far beyond the seas, is no empty ex pression of courtly flattery, but the genuine attestation of national sympathy and affection. N o better wishes can be framed for the Infant Prince and his Royal father, than that they may worthily tread in their beloved parents' foot steps ; that they may follow the noble, earnest, unostentatiou s example of the reigning QUEEN, whose mother's heart is' this day rejoiced with a new blessing and animated with a new hope, and of him so recently lost and so deeply regretted, who now sleeps in the precincts of that same Windsor wherein his Royal grandson has but just now seen the light. Cansiclering that vicinity, not inappro priate even to the lips of these Royal Princes are the lines of the famous republican hyMn— " Nous entrons dans la carrii:ro oil nos ain6s n'y sout plus Noas y trouvons lour poussß;re, et la trace de leur vertus." May the traces of those virtues long flourish in the hearts and lives of ALBERT of Wales and his descendants, and may our beloved QUEEN find a consolation in her own bereavement in recognisi ng the happy fruition of those noble aspirations which sanctify the memory of the Past, and justify the brightest anticip4lions for the Future. The condition of the English agricultural labourer has often turuiehed malcontents with a tixt for denouncing the institutions of the country. It h as been descanted upon by Chartists as an effect of the unjust division of property among us, and it has been mourned over by social re- i formers as a serious hindrance to the progress of the people. Now, however, there is a prospect of improvement. In the first place the condition of our country labourer's has excited a good deal of attention. The official accounts which have found their way into the public journals have shown a state of things which urgently demands a remedy, if we regard tLe health or morals of our population in the slightest degree. Com pelled to reside near their work, often on the grounds of a landlord, whose regard for his own pocket greatly outweighs his concern for the com fort and respectability of his workpeople, the a gricultural labourer has little oppoz!unity of hoosing his habitation. When he has it, it is wretchedly Email, often with only two or three rooms. This evil is, of course, greatly aggravated by the pernicious habit of taking in lodgers, so that two families often crowd into a hovel that is hardly fit for one. Undoubtedly this is the fault of the people themselves, who thus make matters worse than they need be ; but they have two excuses for doing so,—first, that the miser ably low wages which they commonly receive make them anxious to increase their incomings in any way possible; and secondly, that brought up in such places there is not much likelihood of their having any regard for health or decency. These cottages, such as they are, are very frequently out of repair, and the description given by the official inspector of a district not long since was certainly no attractive picture of an English country cottage. Then comes the ignorance, which is all that can be expected from such a bringing up; and the ignorant workman, who has no idea beyond the rudimenta of his labour, can earn no higher wages than his father before him, and so the dreary round goes on from generation to generation. There is no reason why this should be the case. No one can doubt that the natural abilities of the English agricultural labourer, if properly trained, would render him able to appreciate the advance of agricultural sci ence, and to profit by it. If our town workmen are so quick in grasping any means of improvement or advance, why should not their countrymen be equally apt in their own kind of labour ? With a view of giving this large class the chance and open ing, which is all they need, various associations have been formed for improving the condition of the agricultural labourer, and encouraging him to apply his powers more heartily to his work. It is espe cially necessary that some stimulus should ba given and some effort made to increase the number of good and efficient workmen, seeing that a great revolu tion is probably at hand in our agricultural labour. The gradually extending application of steam ma chinery, and the great success attending its use, are, no doubt, signs of its subsequent general em ployment. It is true there are several considerations which we may hope will pre vent the change pressing 83 hardly on the agricultural population as the introduction of steam power into other branches of labour did on the craftsmen of the towns. In the first place the great expense attending the purchase of these machines will restrict their use for a time at least to the capi talist, and their more general employment will , likewise be retarded by the prejudice against any innovation common to many farmers. There is therefore less chance of a sudden and violent change. Again,according to the testimony of those who have used the machines, there will be no considerable difference in the number of men employed, although the work is done more thoroughly and more quickly, and will of course require more able workmen. In this respect the use of machinery will have most beneficial effect on the condition of the agricultural labourer. As Mr. COWPER observed the other day at a provincial meeting, when speaking on this subject, "I look with satisfaction upon this change under the aspect of its benefit to the labourer, for the result must be that the labourer, becoming more of a skilled artisan, will have higher wages, and be saved from much of that drudgery which has to be performed by manual labour. In every walk of industry the application of steam machinery has raised the condition of the workman, and so it must be with the agriculturist; the labourer, as well as the farmer and the owner of land, will reap the benefit arising from the application of science and skill to the implements of husbandry." In another aspect, too, the results of steam power applied to the implements of husbandry will be beneficial to the farm labourer, since it will increase the production of food, and, consequently, render it cheaper. Still, to avail himself of any advantages that may be offered to him by the change, the agri cultural lab)ur:.ir must be a skilful workman, and able to look beyond the mere routine of planting and reaping. Such meetings as the one over which Mr. COWPER presided at Romsey are likely to do good, since they give to the dull routine of agricul tural labour some object of interest, something to look forward to, and something to gain. The prizes given to the best workmen have not only the effect of rewarding that particular mad for particular skill, but they serve to stimulate the industry of all the others. They have stirred up their minds and given them something to think of, some inducement to try to understand the principles of agricultural science. We may hope, in time, to see a knowledge of these generally diffused among our rural classes, and in the meantime let those above them do their part by affording every encouragement to skill and industry, and especially in removing them from habitations which are only endurable to a low order of morality and intellect. Lard STANLEY'S remarks are always worth attending to, as he speaks in a practical manner, and has generally some wise suggestion to make, or some suitable plan to propose. His address on the Oxford Local Examinations, the other day, is inte resting alike from its subject and style, and serves as a sort of indication of the merits of similar institutions He said that there was a large class between those of the highest and lowest, between those who went to Eton and those who attended village schools, and the want of good " middle class schools" had long existed. Now these examinations supplied the test by which they could distinguish a good school from a bad one. Certainly this is a 'ery great desidera tum, for it is a very grievous thing if a man, who has made his money by great exertion, and im proved his position in society, cannot succeed in gaining that superior education for his son which he naturally and honourably desires. Although he may be able to appreciate such excellence when he meets it in daily life, he ♦ery likely does not possess tho particular faculty, the aavoir faire by which he ctn detect the fallacies of this code of teaching, or the benefits of that style of learning, Now the scrutiny to which all scholastic establishments are subjected by this plan is an admirable one . It is an unfailing test and a sure standard. As Lord STANLEY remarked, the superior character of this plan is proved by the fact that it places not only the lads but the masters upon their trial. Nothing is so deteriorating to the prospects of learners as to have instructors who are ignorant of the first principles of tuition, who do not compre hend the necessity that exists for imparting know ledge in a bold and free manner, and who cannot think for themselves, instead of trusting implicitly to the rules of the books before them. Also, when TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENTING, JANUARY 9, 1864. a particular branch of knowledge is to be acquired, it is essential that the master should himself be a proficient in it. A mere smattering will not do; he should be rooted and grounded in it, or he can never urge on his pupil and speak with that autho rity which the occasion demands, and which supe rior attainments can alone command. As we find here particularised in the remarks before us, there is a great advantage in a University education, on account of the "mental training" it imparts; and by these examinations those who do not expect to gain those advantages can yet profit in some degree from the sp'rit that there rules pre-eminent. Some of the flashy writers of the day, and some of the grandiloquent orators, would do well to con over the passage in this address which apper tains to the merits of conciseness and simplicity. This faculty seems to have disappeared from among us in many quarters. So long es the sentences are Milted and the language flowery, the composer thinks he is doing wonders. " Fine writing," it may be, but not characterised by sense, solidity, or discretion. It is this which makes it so very impor tant that in early life a proper training be exercised, and the greatest care be taken to effect the desi deratum that is known, is thoroughly and effi ciently acquired, and so obtained as to be of service to the learner when he has quitted the halls of study, and in the great highway of the world has to put his theories into practice, and to prove the value of the studiea of early life. Lord STANLEY then went on to say, that exactness was a sure test of knowledge being properly rooted in the mind, and that many who, though they understood every subject they talked about, would find the difference if they tried to write on some of them. The Archbishop of YORK said that there " was no test of knowledge like the pen," and he was right, for it is impossible to put in other people's phrases and to borrow ideas so easily as in talking. Lord BACON'S remarks that " Reading makes a full man, speech a ready man, and writing an exact man," is full of meaning, and all who wish to be grounded in their acquirements and to set others in the right direction, should follow its suggestion. The notion that examiners should as little as pos sible choose the questions which only test the memory and do not work the mind, is a very good one, and the noble lord laid great stress upon it. " You don't want to know what a boy has learnt, but what use he can make of it," said he, and surely this is the aim, end, and object of all examinations. The youthful prodigy or the slow one at school ex hibitions seldom, if ever, turns out the shrewd ob server, the deep thinker, or the practical worker in after life who benefits society with his thoughts, his discoveries, or his suggestions. The " cramming " system is ruinous to all who attempt it; it is a waste of labour for the present, and does great injuries as regards the future, for it creates a distaste for learn iug that is disastrous in the extreme to the pros pects of the student, and fatal to the chance of his attaining distinction hereafter, or even maintaining his ground among those of a mediocre proficiency. The examiners say, in their report, that the candi• dates would do better, and gain more credit, if they confined themselves to one or more of the " optional subjects," and did not take so wide a range. It is to he hoped that this advice will be extensively fol lowed by those to whom it is given, for nothing is so bad, in every sense of the word, as the practice now so prevalent of attempting a great deal in a very superficial manner. Lord STANLEY very properly repudiated the idea that these examina tious led to " cramming." That he observed was just the show and counterfeit of knowledge that would impose upon parents who had forgotten their early training, but never could deceive an ex aminer who knew hie business. After some words on the subject of "overwork," which he truly said was never " good work," Lord STANLEY concluded his very comprehensive speech by adverting to the necessity that existed for using every exertion to improva and progress. Manchester stood higher than the average, but still far more might be done. "The will was not want ing ; all that was needed was to keep alive a strong and healthy public interest in the matter." This address has certainly given every encouragement to the efforts now made, and it is earnestly to be trusted that the excellent advice here given will be followed, and the wise principles inculcated will take root in the minds of those whom it imme diately concerns, for their purport is to make men of usefulness to society, and .not showy scholars, whose glory fades away. The National Shakspere Committee, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SPAIN. MADRID, lAN. 9. The budget for 1864 has been published. The increase of receipts is stated at 167 million reals. The Finance Minister proposed to realise the bonds of the purchasers of national property, to impose a new tax upon travellers by railway, and to levy some further imposts. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 9. MM. Berryer, Gouin, and 011ivier have already spoken at the debates in the Corps Legislatif upon the supplementary credits. M. Vintry will reply to-day. The four Italians recently arrested came to Paris from Italy, and not from England, as was reported. A telegram has been received here from Constan tinople of the Bth, stating that the Porte has pro tested against the vote of the Roumanian Chamber for the secularisation of convent property. The rumour of the plague prevailing in Persia was incorrect. BOURSE, Jaa. B.—The market has been heavy, and the limited amount of business done shows a decline on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 65c. Mobilier has remained firm. Railway Market quiet, and former quotations in general well maintained. The market continued weak to the close, and left off as follows : 41 per. Cents. 94 eo Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1018 75 Do. end month 1022 50 Bank Shares 3300 Credit le oncier 1220 Roman 74 - RAIL` Italian Loan 69 -- Do. end month 66 25 New ditto Do. end month - -- Russian Austrian Spanieh Threes — Rome Debt .. 49 75 Deferred 'AYS. Cash. Account. 982 53 .. 980 -- 952 50 .. 955 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 933 75 .. 937 50 New ditto BB6 25 .. SJuthem .. 658 75 .. 660 Western Eastem Sardinian Austrian Lorrbard North of Spain Saragossa 595 .. 597 50 Ditto to Barcelona and ascertained that, about 3 o'clock on the morn ing of the Ist, small bodies of natives fired upon the cioap, inflicting no loss, and making off as soon as the guns were turned upon them. lam greatly indebted for the success of the operations described above to the cordial co-operation of Commodore Sir William Wiseman, and to the indefatigable exertions of the officers under his command. " I have, &c., " D. A. CAMERON, Lie4.-Gen. " Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.8.," &e. LITERATURE. SVvia's Lovers. By Mrs. Gaskell. Illustrated edition. One vol. Smith and Elder, The new volume of Messrs. Smith and Elder's illustrated edition of popular novels contains Mrs. Gaskell's very enthralling tale of " Sylvia's Lovers" —a tale well adapted to demonstrate the peculiar powers of that gifted writer. Sylvia herself is a charming compound of rustic coquetry and pas sionate tenderness, bearing a faint resetn blance in these characteristics to that most attractive of all Mrs. Gaskell's heroines, unrivalled Mary Barton. The scene of Sylvia's story is the north-east coast of England, about a century back, at 'a time when the most iniquitous and un-English press-gang wus in vogue. One of the earliest chapt'rs, " Home from Greenland," describes in the heart-stirring language of simple truthfulness the exuberant delight of the wives and mothers of the fishing town when the whal ing vessel containing those most dearly loved is within sight of shore returning from a six months' expedition to the Northern Seas. Very vividly and powerfully, and even passionately is the scene portrayed when the brave sailors on landing, before they can reach the out-stretched arms yearning to embrace them, are seized upon by the lurking ambush of the press-gang and car ried off for years of foreign service under the very eyes of their friends and families. In describing scenes like these Mrs. Gaskell's earnest eloquence of style, inspired as it is by strong sympathetic feelings, acquires a peculiar force. We will not betray the secrets of the story to those who may happen to be unacquainted with it. One of Sylvia's lovers is a gallant tar, the other a landsman, and not a very worthy specimen of his class. The latter loves, not wisely, but too well, and shrinks from no treachery in order to win the day. Some of the minor characters, especially old Kester, are drawn with great spirit. The volume is illus trated by some half-dozen engravings of a peculiarly uninteresting style. They are tame and common place by the side of Mrs. Gaskell's vivid and life like pen-and-ink descriptions. Anecdotal Memoirs of English Princes. By W. H• Davenport Adams, author of " Memorable Battles in English History," &c. Two Vols. Newby. In these two very interesting volumes Mr. Davenport Adams has given us some of the most attractive chapters from the Romance of English History. The pen of no fiction-writer, however sensational his powers, can equal the marvels of truth. The extraordinary vicissitudes crowded into a few short years, in some of the lives here recorded, are almost incredible. They are, of course, familiar to all acquainted with English history, and yet they are well worthy of re-pet usa , especially when set, forth in the simple and interesting manner in which they are here arranged. This book, says Mr. Davenport Adams, is designed " not for the critic or the scholar, but for that much suffering individual, the general reader." The first Prince whose history is here recorded is Edward of Woodstock—the memorable Black Prince—the last is Frederick Louis of Hanover, the father of George 111. The biographies are not confined only to the Princes of Wales, the Duke of Glou cester, the youngest son of Charles 1., the Duke of Mt,nmouth, " the darling of the English People," James, Duke of York, and others of Equal interest and importance are very judi ciously included in the list. In turning over the records of the last Stuart King, it is curious to ob serve that James 11., by his two wives, Anne Hyde and Mary of Modena, had no less than sixteen children, and yet, in the next generation, the Royal Stuart race became extinct—Sic transit gloria munch ! Lost and Saved. By the Hon. Mrs. Norton. One Vol. Hurst and Blackett. A cheap edition of Mrs. Norton's recent novel will be welcome to many readers. As we criticised the work at length on its first appearance, we have only now to notice its attractive appearance in its new form, embellished with a very charming fron tispiece by Millais. Very charming does Beatrice Brooke appear in this picture, but the artist, pre- Raphaelite though he is, has sadly idealised his theme. The scene which he intended to pourtray is that trying women• of temptation when poor Bea trice, returning home " weary, dusty, discouraged," found Frank peevish, sick, and suffering. With the child asleep in her lap, the wretched mother con templates the idea of suicide, and all who have read the story will remember that simple touch of nature, when the child slipping from her lap awakens all her maternal love and anxiety the very moment after she had been planning the death of the little innocent ! Can any one recognise in Mr. Millais' very elegant and exquisitely attired mother and child a glimpse of the weary, dusty, disheartened mother, and the sick suffering baby ? It is a pretty picture, a charming picture indeed, but it is not Mrs. Norton's despairing Beatrice. The Medical Circular ; a Journal of Practica Medicine, Surgery, and Therapeutics. The Medical Circular begins a new and improved series with the new year. Conspicuous among its contents will henceforth appear timely extracts from the case-books of" practical men—" men who cannot find time to sit down to prepare a course of six or twelve lectures for this or that journal; but who would not regard it as a tax upon their time to transcribe from their daily records of cases, some which will serve to elucieate a successful mode of practice or confirm or refute a suppused medical tact." Such examples, from trustworthy sources. cannot fail to prove highly interesting and benefi cial to the various members of the profession. The Mediccil Circular has long been in the habit of uffering, tnrough its summaries and translations, a reflex of all the medical knowledge of the da) throughout the whole country. This excellent and useful practice will be continued in the new series, with a synopsis of the spirit of the Periodicals, reviews of Medical norks, and a general summary of all interesting intelligence. The editorial remarks which introduce this new number of a new series, are written in a spirit of fairness and genuine esprit de-corps, which augur well for the merit and success of the new enter prise. DENMARK. The respective positions of the troops in the duchies are these : The Saxons and Hanoverians, amount ing together to about 12,000 men, occupy the fron tier of Schleswig; the Austrians are in the south west of Holstein, but just within the frontiers of the duchy, not far from the Elbe; the Prussians have not yet entered Holstein ; they occupy the approaches from Lubeck, The Danes are concentrated between Schleswig and Frede rickstadt ; they occupy a very strong line of defence, formed of a range of hills, the flanks of which are covered by inundated plains. The Danish army is estimated at nearly 60,000 men, resolute and well commanded. Their position is protected by field-works, and will be difficult to force. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. We take the following from the New Zealand Advertiser of Nov. 12:—" The past month has nor been barren of events. We have had the opening of the General Assembly, the resignation of the Domett Ministry, the formation of a Whitaker Administration, and the evacuation of Mere Mere, the Maori stronghold, by the rebels. It is to be regretted that. the Maories were permitted to escape without sustaining any loss, with the exception of two or three old guns, and that no efforts were made to prevent their retreat, by attacking them in their rear. Though it was repeatedly predicted by the Auckland papers, and by Auckland cor respondents of Southern papers, that great things were to result from the attack upon Mere Mere, and that the Maori loss would be some thing fearful to contemplate, it was generally thought here that when this stronghold was taken there would be no Maories found in it. This turns out to be the case. On Thursday, October '29, the new steam gunboat Pioneer made her first recon naissance of the native position of the Waikato, when she was fired upon by the rebels, but without her sustaining any injury,. General Cameron and his staff remained half an hour making themselves acquainted with the nature of the position. The steamer then retired. On the Sunday following a new post, which had been estaablished above Mere Mere, was attacked by the rebels, when a sapper was shot dead, and a sailor wounded in the leg. It was supposed that one of the rebels was killed. On the same day the Pioneer proceeded up the river, and fired several shots at some natives. News was soon afterwards brought that the enemy were evacuating Mere Mere, and paddling over the swamp in 18 large canoes. When the steamer ar rived at Mere Mere there was not the least s i g n of the enemy. On the following day the troops landed when the found no one to oppose them ; and the news we hear of the rebels is that they have turned up in the neighbourhood of the Thames, and that the natives of that distict had joined them. " GENERAL CAMERON'S DESPATCH. " Head quarters, Queen's Redoubt, Nov. 4 . - " Sir, —I have the honour to inform your Ex cellency that the day following the arrival here of the Pioneer, being occupied in clearing her of stores, &c., and in landing two 40 pounder Arm strong guns at Whangamariuo, which were placid in position to command the landing-place at Mere .Mere, I proceeded on the 29th ult. in the Pioneer, with Commodore Sir William Wiseman, and was enabled to make a more complete recon naissance than before of the enemy's works. They occupied them strongly on this occasion, and fired several rounds at the steamer from three guns which tney had in position. I found that the difficulty of landing tro .ps rapidly for an attack, and the re sistence to be expected from the nature of the defences, had not been over - estimated, which in duced me to mike a further reconnaissanc e hi g her up the river, with the view of selecting some point at which a force could be landed to turn the enemy's position while his attention was occu- pied in front by the steamer and gunboats. I, therefore, proceeded again, on the 31st, up the river in the Pioneer, with Sir William Wiseman, as far as Rangariri, and, having observed a point favourable for landing about six miles above Mere Mere, I arranged with the Commodore to embark the name night the force shown in the margin (3 field officers, 5 captains, 11 subalterns, 2 staff offi cers, 21 sergeants, 9 drummers, 612 rank and file ; in all 663), with two 12-pour der Armstrong guns. The Pioneer and Avon, with the four gunboats in tow, got under way at half-past 2 o'clock on the morning of the 31st, and reached the point fixed for the landing about 6 o'clock. No attempt wey made to oppose the troops, who took up a command ing position about 400 yards from the back of the river. As I proposed bringing up an additional force, on the following night, I ordered a breastwork to be constructed for the protection of the camp, which I left under the command of Colonel Mould, C.B. During the afternoon of the Ist, while the necessary preparations were in progress for the conveyance of the remaining part of the force, the officer in command at Whangamarino and Maramarna rivers. I -embarked at once in the Pioneer, with 250 men of the 12th and 14th Regi ments from the Koheroa, and on reaching Mere Mere it was evident the enemy had abandoned his ' position. A party of 250 seamen, under Commander Mayne, R.N., and the detachments from the Kohe roa, under the command of Colonel Austen, second battalion,l4th Regiment, landed on the position, and were ordered to hold the ground during the night, which was occupied the following day bydetachments I of the 12th, 14th, 18th, and 70th Regiments, amount- ing to about 500 men, who are employed in throw ing up a redoubt there, The steamer Pioneer left this about 10 a.m. on the 2d, for the purpose of . communicating with the camp at Takupetohetohe, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt is proper the public should be informed that a document which appears in your journal this evening, purporting to be the " Report of the National Shakspere Committee," is not the report of the National Shakspere Committee. Such a paper was read at the meeting of the General Committee on Monday last, but was felt to be so vapid, irrelevant, and inordinately long, so deficient in practical information, and so tainted throughout with self glorification—nearly two-thirds of it consisting of a cata logue of names arbitrarily, and, in acme cases, offensively, distributed—that a vote was carried, without a dissentient voice, that it should be printed for circulation amongst the members, and that the meeting should stand adjourned to Monday, 11th inst., to take it into consideration. As a numerous meeting of the independent members of the committee, who take the liberty of thinking for them selves, and who desire to impart a national character to the movement before it is too late, may be expected on Monday; and as it is highly improbable that such a meeting will adopt such a report, I need not add that its publication was premature, to say the least, and that, under circumstances I have detailed, it could not have had any legitimate officia sanction. Jan. 8, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE NEW COM PANIES IN 1863.—During the last year no less than 263 new companies were started. Their capital amounts to one hundred millions sterling I They are thus classified : 27 banks, L 31,900,000 —l5 money (dikount, &e.), £19,000,000-65 manufactures and trades, £14,455,000-14 insurance, £10,300,000-17 railways, £9,496,000-17 hotels, £4,320,000-6 slipping 4168,000-49 mining, £3,019,000 —l7 miscellaneous, £2,655,000-6 gas, £670,000. Fortu nately these figures are not so formidable as they appear, The hundred millions sterling thus seeming to be absorbed must be subjected to vast deductions. At least one-third of the list will never proceed further than registration, Another third will be wound up within two years. The remaining third will go on and prosper, but will probably never call up one-half of their capitals, and the actual calls will be spread over 12 or 18 months, so these are not likely to cause any seriotth embarrassment.—Law limes of to-day, just published. Mg. GEOB.CiE HOGARTH.—A committee has been formed to present this worthy gentleman with a testimonial., Mr. Hogarth is the well known musical his torian and critic. He was the attached friend of Sir Walter Scott, and is the father-in-law of Charles Dickens. He met recently with a severe accident, from the effects of which he is slowly recovering, but is still in the house of his friend, Mr. Aguilar, where he was removed when knocked down by a horse. Mr. Hogarth is highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends, and amongst the subscribers to this mani festation is the firm of Broadwood for £5O. Mr. Anderson will act as hon. treasurer, and Mr. Campbell Clarke as hon. secretary, so that no exertions will be wanting to do honour to an estimable man, from whose pen such valuable infer. mation and charming criticism has emanated for more than half a century. A SPARK OF Wit—During a recent performance at one of our theatres, a man and his wife had to quarrel on the ste.ge, the woman in a rage of jealousy, the man trying to persuade her that she was too saspicious and too passionate; both were acting with great spirit, when the wife moved him arm too near a candle. and her muslin dress was in flame s in an instant. Both actors kept their heads, however; the husband extinguished the fire, and, proceed ing with part, interpolated, " You see, my dear, I was right ; you are ready to flare up—vous enflammer—for the least thing l"—Paris Co7respondent of the Daily Telegraph. A VENERABLE TROUT.—A trout has lived in the well of the farm of Alton, Insch, for thirty years. When put thete thirty years ago it was of an ordinaryEize; now it is about a foot long, is correspondingly thick, and resembles a mackerel.—.lberdeen SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 9.—Wind this day at noon—South- East; light breeze, and foggy weather, with thaw. CARDIFF, Jan. B.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Jatherine, for Havannah. FALMOUTH, Jan. B.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Cyclops, steamer. for the Mediterranean. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7,—Arrived—Australasian, screw steamer, from New York. SWANSEA, Jan. B.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Conqueror, for the Cape of Good Hope. SUNDERLAND, Jan. B.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Royal Mint, for Shanghai—Chanticlaer, for Hong Kong—Cimes, for Bcmbay. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Moselle, steamer, from Antwerp ; London, FS teamer, from Uddewalla; Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne; Belgium, steamer, from Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Bryn-y-Lor, for Cape Coast Castle; Amabesa, for St. Michael's; Northern Light, for Valparaiso; Minerva, steam ship, for Genoa. ; Moor of Venice, for Montevideo ; Walkington, Rangoon ; Lara, for Nassau; Valcan, for Aspinwall; Kuang Foong, for Kanagawa—all from London. Vessels spoken by the ship Lincells, from Calcutta : The ship Vespasian, of Liverpool, from Calcutta, for Lon don, lat. 13 30, long. 91 43 E.; the ship Henry Reef, from Calcutta, for London, lat. 4 37 N., long. 91 14 E., and parted comp my Oct. 2, lat. 12 40 long. 86 23 E. ; Nov. 2, the ship Nor 'afleet, lat, :A 21 S , loug. 26 43 E. ; Nov. 13, British ship Anglia Burdett Coutts, from Calcutta, for Lon don, 75 days out; passed the British barque Erromanga, bound west, lat. 47 25 N., long. 7 21 NV. ertifiat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JAN. 8. The Queen walked out yesterday morning with Princess Helena. Earl Granville had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. ACCOUCHEMENT OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. BIRTH OF A PRINCE. The following bulletin was issued at Frogmore last evening ; " FROGIAORE, Friday Evening. " Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was confined of a healthy Prince at two rrinutes before 9 p.m. Her Royal Highness and infant Prince are doing perfectly well. (Signed) " E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D. " H. BROWNE, M.D." We have also received the following telegram 'rom our Windsor correspondent "The Princess of Wales was unexpectedly, but I am happy to sly safely, delivered of a Prince about half-past 8 o'clock this evening, at Frogmore Lodge. Dr. Browne was in attendance. Her Royal Highness and the infant Prince are doing well. Sir George Grey arrived by special train at eleven o'clock." The following bulletin has been issued this morn ng " FROGMORE, JAN. 9, 8 15 A.M. " Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has passed a good night, and is doing perfectly well. " The infant Prince is likewise in perfect health, " ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D." (From the Ti»les.) The announcement that the Princess of Wales has been safely delivered of a fine boy, and that both mother and child are going on perfectly well, will be received throughout the country with the greatest delight. No news is ever so welcome among all classes of the people as that of the happiness and prosperity of the Royal Family. Her Majesty centres the affection and sympathy of her people in herself and her children so entirely that every joy and every grief that affects them brightens or sad dens the hearts at each fireside in the kingdom. In this case the spontaneous feeling of loyal satisfac tion is enhanced by the universal goodwill which the Prince and Princess of Wales have won. Like all the members of her Majesty's family, they are regarded, if we may be allowed the expression, with that personal regard which adds the keen sense of a private pleasure to the enthusiasm of a public delight. We have mixed ourselves up with their happiness from the moment their marriage was first spoken of. We have followed them with all our congratulations, sympathies, and hopes; and it will be felt as the completion of a most cherished wish that the happiness of their marriage has been per fected by the birth of an heir. For the moment this loyal congratulation will be the first feeling in the heart of every Englishman but the impulse will be supported by the solid re flection of the addition made by this happy event to the stability of the Royal succession. Her Ma jesty, indeed, is happy in a numerous and healthy family, and her dynasty seems to all human antici pation established beyond all the usual chances of mortality. We are happily free, too, in England from the dynastic troubles which seem now on the verge of plunging Europe into war, and have been one source of the distraction of our immediate neigh bours. But it is impossible to be too secure. The mere mention of the confusion which disputed suc cessions still produce on the Continent is sufficient to make us thankful for any additional pledge of the permanence of our Royal House; and the existence of two heirs to the Throne in a direct line is a visible earnest of stability which will be as welcome to the nation as to the Royal Family itself. Providence seems, indeed, while permitting con usion and gloom to settle on almost every other country in the world, to have chosen to shower upon us every blessing that a people can receive. In whatever direction we look, we find nothing but subjects for gratitude, and the only shadows of gloom or anxiety on our prospect are cast by the quarrels and confusion of others. A firm and equal administration of the law, a freedom unknown in any country either of ancient or modern times, a se curity for life and property which appears incom patible with any other form of Government, and unparalleled public and private wealth, are established and adorned by a Throne which rests as deeply in the heart of the nation as it is rooted in its Constitution. The passions of na tional antagonism or political enmity which spread misery and bloodshed over the Old and New Worlds are checked at the narrow channel and the broad sea which separate us from Europe and Ame rica; and we present a nearer approach to those happy isles which the ancients imagined in the Western Sea than any one but a poet would have anticipated a century ago. Even the evils we dreaded most are softened to us. What threatened to be an inevitable famine to three millions of our population is converted into an additional evidence and means of prosperity; and now we are gladdened with a new gleam of happiness on the brightest feature in our prospect. This auspicious event comes at a happy time to double the usual rejoicings of the season, and to scatter fer the time the gloom which the troubles of other nations have been casting over our horizon. The Princess of Wales has presented the country with a New Year's gift all the more welcome because it fulfils the promise of the Old Year and holds out the brightest prospect for the future. The Christmas and New Year's rejoicings will be renewed with a heartier enthusiasm, and the nation will banish the gloomy forebodings of the last few days in unre strained delight and universal congratulation. We hive all been settling down into a temper of anxious resolution, watching with care and dread the threat ening signs of the times, determined, it possible, to keep ourselves free from the quarrels sod wars which surround us, but yet with a pair,ful expectation that we shall, somehow or other, sooner or later share them. But this event suddenly breaks on our view with an aspect of hope and promise. It reminds us that we are a united and prosperous nation ; that if the New Year has difficulties and dangers in store for us, it has its supports and encouragements as well ; and as we are made conscious how firmly the whole nation is bound together to the Throne, and beats with one pulse of mutual trust and sym pathy at the happiness of the Sovereign as at the sufferings of the poor, we feel that we are strong enough to meet any shock that the ordinary destiny of nations may bring. And now that we have run the round of all other congratulations, we must recur to the first feeling of sympathy with the Throne, and utter the hope that the charm of a new life may wean the Queen from the sadness of the past, and dissipate the sor row of the last two years. (From the Horning Post.) The country will gladly learn the subjoined an nouncement notifying that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales gave birth to a Prince last even - ing at Frogmore, and that her Royal Highness has passed through the perils of maternity safely and well. It will be noticed by our account of the pro ceedings on the lake at Frogmore yesterday that the Princess of Wales was enabled to take part in the sports and to witness the animated scene in which the Prince of Wales played so conspicuous a part, and did not return to the royal residence at Progmore till a late period of the afternoon. The joyful intelligence was received in town late last night by telegram, when information of the event was conveyed to all the Ministers at present resi dent in the metropolis. (From the Daily News.) The strong interest which the nation has been accustomed to take in the domestic happiness of the Royal Family, and thc especial and increabiu g regard which her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has won for herself, assures us that the joy with which the happy event announced this morn ing has filled the Royal Circle will be shared by the whole people. The incidents of the &livery were in harmony with the event. It is satisfactory to know that the Princess was not called to pass th rough a protracted and painful crisis. Her Royal Highness was sharing the amusement of her hus band on the ice at Virginia Water for several hours yesterday, and only returned to Frogmore with her ladies a few hours before she became a mother. The best wishes of the nation will attend the Princess during her temporary seclusion. (From the Herald.). The nation will hear with heartfelt satisfaction that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was safely delivered of a son at Frogmore, yesterday evening, at two minutes before nine o'clock, and that the young mother and the infant Prince are doing perfectly well. Her Royal Highness was present at the skating at Frogmore yesterday afternoon, in apparently perfect health and high spirits, and took her share in the proceedings of the day in a sleigh. We congratulate the Sove reign, the Heir to the Throne, and the country, on this assured continuance of the direct line of o ur Royal House ; and vr3 trust that the experience and attention of those around the Princess may secure her a speedy return to strength. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Yesterday (Friday) was a grand day on the ice at Virginia Water. His Royal Highness the Prince left Frogmore Lodge at a quarter past eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in an open carriage and pair, with several gentlemen of his suite, and arrived at Vir ginia Water shortly before twelve o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales followed in a close carriage, accompanied by her ladies in at tendance. The prince and princess immediately' proceeded to the lake, where they were met on the ice by about 40 ladies and gentlemen, many of the gentlemen belonging to the London Skating Club. TR o sides were chosen for the game of hockey, those on the prince's sido being distinguished by a white ribbon on the left arm. The game was kept up with great animation until two o'clock, when the prince and the players repaired to the Fish. ing Temple, where they partook of a sumptuous luncheon., They afterwards returned to the lake and resumed the game, which was kept up until a quarter to five o'clock, when the prince left for Frogmore. His royal highness proved himself a first-rate skater and player, being as active with his hockey' stick as he was on his skates, and puzzled many of the most expert players. The Princess of Wales, who is an excel:ent skater, seemed much interested in the game, and was occasionally driven about in a sledge. The princess left Virginia Water At four o'clock. Independently of the royal visitors and suite, there were upwards of 500 people present, includ• ing a large number of ladies, who displayed mach skill and elegance in the performance of severe difficult figures. The exciting scene was much ell' livened by the performances of the band of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), who were comfortably seated round a large charcoal fire on the banks et the lake, near to the Fishing Temple. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have re" turned with their family to Stafford House, St. James% fr . orn spending the holidays with the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland, at Cliefden Park, Bucks. _ Louisa Marchioness of Waterford has left Far' rance's Hotel for Highcliff Castle, near Christ Church , Hants. The Earl Granville, after visiting Viscount Pal" merston at Broadlands, proceeded to attend the Priv , ' Council at Osborne on Thursday. The noble lord presideo s returned to town yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield arrived et their residence in Dover-street yesterday from Shugborotig l/ Park, near Stafford. The Earl of Westmoreland has taken a mansion in Upper Grosvenor-street for the season, Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Misses Jocelyn, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, and Hon. Henry Cowper are among the family circle staying with Viscount and V iscounteo Palmerston at Broadlands, Hants. Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe has left town for Brighton. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—We hear that the Be l .' Professor Stanley, D.D., who was installed as Dean thlo° morning, will preach his first sermon in the Abbey at 10 a.m. to-morrow. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ELY.—We have t° announce the death of the Right Rev. Thus. Turton, ; 1-)•P: the Bishop of Ely, The right rev. divine, who had pee l, '- weak health for some time past, was taken seriously tint. on Monday last, since which day he continued to sink. died at half-past 11 on Thursday night. CHIMENTI'S PICTURES, The old adage tkat there is nothing new under t b : sun would seem to have received another and uulooke d-far cobfirmation. We all know that the effect of relief produ o by the stereoscope is owing to binocular vision, wher el r two copies of the same object placed side by side melt l° 0 one. Those who are familiar with the history of the f//1 arts are also aware that there lived at Florence in the ba d ; ginning of the 17th century an ar ti s t, J ac opo Chimenti Empoti, who died in 1610, and who, though not Be uni'o,"; sally known as the great masters, has left a few very f lil k pictures in some of the churches of the Tuscan capital• dispute has arisen between Professor Emerson, of TO,' University, U.S., S and Sir David Brewster, about c% Lain drawings of that old master, executed in doul / ' like stereoscopic photograhs, and which, vie' e o il through the stereoscope, appear in relief, peofe o°t Emerson attributes this effect to accident, and silo ,1 " Let any one execute a pen-and. ink sketch, 1/11 1 0 then let him make as perfect a copy of it as he can wltho careful measurements; now place these two drawing ° t o the stereoscope, and you get the same kind of effect se° ll the Chimenti drawings." Si r D. B rews t er , on th e contrl considers these drawings to b e a p roo f th a t stereosooPil.d• been attempted as far back as the 17th century, and BC" A.. ingly replies in this monta' a .Philosophical litagazin4lo9'4 ing Professor Emerson whether he himself has exec,ute cl 'io such sketch and obtained the required relief, or wheth er t 3 ever made a correct copy of one or other o f th e (le drawings, and if he did, why he did not advise any one 4 1 0 the same, and thus obtain the only satisfactory proof ° relief's being accidental ? Sir D. Brew s t er h a d been t ° ° re of the masters of the School of Art at Edinburgh, 0 11(1 t ya quested him to obtain from his pupil s co pi es of each , d $ Chimenti drawings. Of the six c o pi es th us obtainedt; o ? one could produce in the stereoscope the effect of the Li" menti drawings. This at once did away with the opiOr i l that one of the drawings might be Chimenti's, and tho v e its side a copy of one of his pupils. Sir D. D e l now defies Professor Emerson to produce one rem a hundred sketches by different individual° b y which the stereoscopic relief exists at all ; an c t o es to Chimenti, it may be asked what led so etni l ss an artist to make so uninteresting a sketch as 0 10 of a man sitting upon a stool with a pair of comPastoit. one hand and a string in the othei.; what led him t° a or a copy of it the very same size, and without any ell a l l 'es? improvement whatever; what led him to preserve e n° D O interesting pict,res ; and, above all, what led him to Poss those two figures side by side, and in sucja, a manne r pt. the instant they were seen by en intelligent travellertto bo Crum Brown, he conceived they were intended. ,0001' brought into relief by binocular vision, and, Pe ally brought them into stereoscopic relief hoer tiring and combining the two separate pictures. t ip° over these drawings were executed about 1620, at til t ' befi when Baptista Porta had called the attention of phil° s°V ia to the subject of binocular vision, and had shevi u ,, et eP diagram so far resembling a stereoscopic slide that e%1_14 b y objects, that is, objects in relief, were seen binocul°,rtil'ete, the combination of a right - and - left - eye picture ° doh Dr. Brewster states, in conclusion, that Professor A r 0 Director of the Industrial Museum of Scotland, °I 0 1;41 turn-out of the Museum at Liverpool, what appear to r , a stereoscope, bearing the date of 1670, and suppose of Italian origin Bt ACCIDENT TO SIR JAMES WILDE. lire (' rt lear - s t io Sir James Wilde, the judge of the Divorce Cou, 11 with an accident of a somewhat serious nature. Lie Wa.s ; ti l . rie l/ week thrown out of an open carriage, and received 113"hlie so severe that he is still unable to leave his bed, thollgt-blio will, w© are assured, shortly be able to discharge his duties. t a ta PROBATE AND DIVORCE.—We are reques-erIP state that, owing to an accident, Sir Jame s 1% 11 1 o' will be prevented sitting in Chambers or in Court en ,hies' day, Jan. 12. The summonses and motions whic11:1)8 fixed for that day will, should the judge be able to 6 ;, - 1 1 '0 0 , taken on Saturday the 16th. The probate causes s" . " Pd juries will be taken on Friday, the 22d. We regr et to nv ell that the learned judge was last week thrown out of ou ;tilt carriage and received injuries so severe that /I° ° tir ed ' unable to leave his bed, though ho will, we a r° 39° hortly be able to discharge his public duties. "Whose bathes his hand in blood, must - 6° with tears, says a German Trever 6, in clu On e i Tt have beini Tt Libr Way anaoi of POW ii lv, At